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"jimmy fallon" happening right [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center, the national broadcasting company presents -- tonight's guests are -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, man! that's what i'm talking about. that's the audience. how you guys feeling out there? you feeling great? [ cheers and applause ] welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon," everybody. thanks for coming. let's get to the news. a new poll found that only 41% of voters approve of president obama's job performance. when he heard this, obama was like, "okay, but how do they feel about my vacation performance? [ light laughter ] that was pretty good. i think i did great on that." here's international news, china is planning to fine people $7 if they are caught smoking in public spaces. that's not fair. i mean, how are kids supposed to relax between shifts? [ laughter ] right? [ applause ] "back to work." >> steve: work? >> jimmy: yeah.

here's some more news out of china, starting in 2011, they are going to allow people in five different provinces to have a second child. that's right. they said all couples will be free to keep and raise that second child whether it's a boy or a male. [ laughter ] [ audience oohs ] hey, you guys, today is the 120th birthday of kfc's colonel sanders. [ cheers and applause ] that's right. customers celebrated the birthday by blowing out their arteries. [ laughter ] listen to this, kfc is launching a facebook campaign to introduce young people to colonel sanders. yeah, just the person you want your kids meeting on facebook, an old guy who wants to show them his breasts. [ laughter ] you guys, cvs is giving away $5 million in flu shots to people without health insurance. isn't that cool?

hey, cvs, you really want to help humanity? open another register! [ laughter ] come on! there are three open. come on. stop stocking the shelves. [ applause ] stop stocking the shelves. there is enough deodorant on that shelf. can you just open that and i will pay for it. >> steve: back to work. >> jimmy: back to work. [ laughter ] >> steve: it's a living. >> jimmy: i just read that chanel is selling an ipad case for $1,500. why would anyone spend that much money on something so useless, let alone get a case for it? [ laughter ] this is pretty surprising. miriam webster said that sarah palin's made up word "refutiate" was the most searched-for word of the summer. yeah, but no matter how hard they looked, supporters couldn't

find the word in the definitionary or wordasaurus. [ laughter ] "can't see it in here." "back to work." [ light laughter ] hey, get this, you guys, a new survey found levi johnston is less popular than john edwards. yeah, levi said he's disappointed by his low numbers and that he's gonna do whatever he can do to knock 'em up. [ light laughter ] [ audience groans ] [ applause ] so, let me get this straight, any time a joke just lays there, we are going to do that? [ laughter ] all right, as long as we know. that's fine. that's fine. we are all having fun. >> steve: "back to work."

>> jimmy: that is the loudest they have laughed since i came out. it's amazing. [ laughter ] you guys, an 80-year-old man in minnesota, an 80-year-old man in minnesota, was busted for running an elaborate marijuana-growing operation. [ scattered cheers ] officials say he can get six months in prison or as he refers to it, life. [ laughter ] and finally, congratulations to our pal tim wakefield who became the oldest pitcher to win for the red sox. in fact, he is so old, even his strikes were called low balls. [ laughter ] ladies and gentlemen, we have a great show. give it up for the roots! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: thanks, roots. we have such a fun show tonight, everybody. from the new film "resident evil: afterlife," the beautiful ali larter is here. [ cheers and applause ]

my good friend, and, man, is this guy a hard worker, chef mario batali is joining us. [ cheers and applause ] we'll be talking. we're gonna be cooking, sipping a little vino. and we've got a performance from a legend, everybody. the one and only, whole lot of shaking going on, jerry lee lewis is here tonight. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ a whole lot of shaking going on shake it, baby, shake it ♪ very excited. [ light laughter ] all right, guys. today's thursday and it's time to "remix the clips." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: now, this is where we take stuff we found on the internet and tv, stuff that's funny, weird or interesting and we have a questlove remix it. there he is right there. [ scattered cheers ] he's always great, always does it live and always entertaining. you get your money's worth. ♪

are you guys fans of the show "amazing race"? i love it. one of my favorite shows. well, i just saw the preview for the new season, it comes out september 26th. i think it's when it comes out. in this preview, one is trying to shoot a watermelon out of a slingshot and hit a target. well, take a look. >> you got this, sister. you were super, super close. right in the kisser. show that knight who is boss. [ audience oohs ] >> are you okay? >> what do we do now? >> you have to finish it. >> what? i can't even see straight. >> they don't call it the "amazing race" for nothing. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: amazing "amazing race." this next clip is from kxas in dallas, ft. worth. a news anchor is talking to some animal expert about a snake, but

don't look at the snake. look at the lizard on the desk. >> texas rat snakes are gonna be one of the largest snakes that you find in the metroplex area. [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: let's just take look at the lizard jumping out again. >> in the metroplex area. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: this next clip comes from our friend bill dance. we played a clip of this guy last week. he's the host of "the bill dance outdoor show," on the versus network. he's like an outdoors, fisherman, hunter type of guy. he's an amazing guy. he's really funny, hilarious, we love him. in this clip, he's supposed to be demonstrating a boat motor and things get a little out of

control. watch. >> puts out more vibration than, let's say, a willow blade or even the oklahoma blade. golly! ah! [ laughter ] woo! [ laughter ] >> jimmy: "woo! woo!" our final clip is of our friends ryan seacrest and larry king. for some reason, i don't know why they decided to do this. they decided to sing "poker face" on ryan's radio show. take a look at this. ♪ can't read my can't read my no he can't read on my poker face ♪ ♪ she's got me like nobody p-p-p-poker face p-p-p-poker face

p-p-p-poker face ♪ ♪ p-p-p-poker face p-p-p-poker face ♪ [ laughter ] >> jimmy: what is going on? ♪ p-p-p-poker face p-p-p-poker face p-p-p-poker face ♪ ♪ p-p-p-poker face p-p-p-poker face ♪ can we just watch larry one more time? p-p-p-poker face p-p-p-poker face p-p-p-poker face ♪ ♪ p-p-p-poker face p-p-p-poker face ♪ >> jimmy: all right, all right. those are the four clips we have today. questlove, let's see what you can do with it, buddy. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ]

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show, everybody. thank you for watching. everybody knows we spare no expense on this show, bringing you the latest in entertainment technology. whatever it takes, we are going to do it. i think you'll see what i mean in this next game. it's time for "put it in reverse." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome to "put it in reverse," the game where contestants compete to see who can best act out a scene in reverse. basically backwards acting. the scene is then played forward and the audience will decide who did it best. let's meet the two contestants. come on over here, buddy. [ cheers and applause ] nice to see you. how are you doing. nice to see you. what it is your name? where are you from? >> sean o'connell and i'm from metuchen, new jersey. >> jimmy: seen? >> sean, pronounced "seen." >> jimmy: sean. >> spelled "sean," pronounced "seen." >> jimmy: oh, really? you are one of those people. >> one of those guys. [ laughter ] it happens. >> jimmy: very cool. what's your name? why are you from? >> my name's summer. i'm from chester, new york. >> jimmy: very cool. well, welcome, you guys. i appreciate you being here. welcome. welcome. welcome. [ applause ] the setting back there and our

wardrobe are clues to what you will be doing. as you know, football season debuted tonight on nbc, so we are celebrating with a special edition of "put it in reverse." higgins, set the scene for us please. >> steve: are you ready for some football? jimmy's the quarterback and you're the wide receiver. you enter the field, as if leaving, celebrate a touchdown, catch an amazing pass in the end zone, hike the ball to the quarterback, exit the field to the locker room, agree on an unstoppable offensive playoff, erase the play off the board, argue about what play to run, towel-snap a snoozing football player, exit the locker room as if arriving and have the door slammed in your face. sound complicated? don't worry, it will make sense when you "put it in reverse"! [ cheers and applause ] jimmy? >> jimmy: thank you, higg-bone. since you are standing closer to me, you're gonna go first. okay? you just wait for your turn. is that cool? all right, buddy, get behind the door and get ready to act. we are about to "put it in reverse." i'm not even wearing shoulder pads. [ light laughter ] it's all lighting tricks.

[ light laughter ] all right, ready back there? >> all set. >> jimmy: all right, on my mark, get set, act! all right, we are going to walk backwards here. you go to the end zone. i will stay over here on this side. all right, victory dance, victory dance. do a victory dance. just do a victory dance! listen to me, yes. thank you. [ laughter ] very good. good man. good man. like it. all right, now throw me the football. now come back here and we will go down and put the ball and you're gonna hike it to me. hut, hut, hut! okay, stand up and walk backwards. you go backwards to this part. go to that side of the board. now we -- very good. now look. now you erase the arrows. with the eraser. don't use your finger. [ laughter ] >> no eraser. >> jimmy: it's on the side of the board. it's on the side of the board. there you go. there, that's much better. very good. perfect, okay, now we argue like how can you write with your finger. >> i got to do it. >> jimmy: now you take your towel. take your towel.

don't just grab his crotch. take your towel. [ laughter ] snap it away. perfect. and laugh about it, laugh about it, ha-ha-ha. now backwards out of the way. put the towel back. back away, back into the door, take care, buddy. awesome. take care. [ cheers and applause ] come on back. come on out, buddy. sean, end scene. end scene. sean, how did you do? how do you think you did? >> i thought it was pretty good. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: let's run that scene in reverse which, of course, is really forward. just take a look. there you go. how are you, buddy? we will go over here and check out the plays. yeah, you are going to snap that dude. oh, shaboom, there you go. [ laughter ] he's awake. let's check out the play. you can't do that play, it's illegal! there's no way. we look like wild and crazy guys. okay, you go up that way and draw this with your finger. magically, that's much better

than the marker. [ laughter ] yes! high five and let's do the play. it'll be so good. we'll fake them out. all right, get down. hut, hut, hut, hike! the ball is back and i will throw it. whoa! there you go, touchdown! [ cheers and applause ] look at that. awesome, buddy. thanks for coming. we're the champs, yes! [ cheers and applause ] good job, you did good. come on over, summer. what do you think? >> that's tough. >> jimmy: think you can beat contestant number one? all right, here we go. go get behind the door and get ready to act. we're gonna "put it in reverse." ready? on my mark, get set, act. backwards, backwards, go backwards. start dancing. start dancing. start dancing. yeah, yeah. good. great football dances. awesome. all right, good, now throw the ball to me. [ laughter ] there we go, now get in front of me. hut! hut!

[ laughter ] oh, my god! now high five. okay, now erase that. that looked pretty good. no way. let's argue. no way. you can't do that. don't me what to do. you can't tell me what to do, ever! all right, now take the towel and get him in the crotch. pull it away. [ light laughter ] let's laugh at it. ha-ha-ha. now let's back out of the door here. here we go, backwards, backwards, backwards, here we go. open the door. backwards. take care. what position do you play? [ cheers and applause ] summer, get out here! that was great. it's like velcro ball. that was unbelievable. come over here, summer. yeah, how do you feel about that? [ light laughter ]

let's take a look and see it in reverse which of course is forward. let's take a look. hey, how are you, buddy. good to see you. let's look at the plays. it will be fun. yep, smack-a-doodle. there you go. [ laughter ] let me show you the play. no, you gotta do my play. no, my play. no, your play. okay, that one there. that one there. it looks pretty good. high five. yes! now here's where it gets tricky. [ laughter ] there you go. hike this way. hike this way. no, hike it this way. no, hike it this way. no, hike it this way. [ laughter ] go long! [ applause ] touchdown! oh, my god. thanks for coming by. take care. [ cheers and applause ] great performance. yet there can only be one winner here and the audience will decide. our great audience will decide. you have seen them both, both of these backsters, doing their best. who did it better? was it contestant number one? [ cheers and applause ]

or was it contestant number two? [ cheers and applause ] we have a winner! contestant number two. there you go! ♪ congratulations. you are the winner, which means you're gonna take home this lovely "late night" reversible football jersey. inside out or outside in, either way, you're gonna look super cool. [ applause ] and because no one goes home empty-handed, our other contestant will take home this one-of-a-kind "late night with jimmy fallon" t-shirt in reverse. there you go, my friend. [ cheers and applause ] thank you both for playing "put it in reverse." we'll be right back with ali larter. [ cheers and applause ] ♪

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>> jimmy: wow. you look gorgeous. >> thank you. i'm bumping out. >> jimmy: yeah, i didn't want to make assumptions, but you're pregnant. >> yes, yes. [ laughter ] or a couple big macs. >> jimmy: congratulations, that is so cool. >> thank you. >> jimmy: are you excited? >> yeah, it's been amazing. it's such an exciting time. >> jimmy: do you have super senses? like, sense of smell and -- >> oh, full on. i mean, i go to through the cheese aisle and i'm like, "no!" the stinky ones -- >> jimmy: now, i know in the press you've been very quiet about it. is it a boy or a girl? you haven't told anyone, and i respect your privacy. >> thank you. >> jimmy: we got you some presents here at the show. >> oh, that's so sweet. >> jimmy: but, you can only pick one. [ laughter ] >> oh, god. oh! i was trying it to keep it -- we're having a boy! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: oh, my god. a little boy? >> yes. >> jimmy: congratulations.

>> i have a little penis inside of me. >> jimmy: well -- [ laughter ] that's what she said. [ laughter ] oh, my gosh. that is so awesome. any names? [ coughs "jimmy" ] >> no. >> jimmy: no -- >> keep it in mind. >> jimmy: yeah. >> i'll keep it in mind. >> jimmy: okay good. congratulations, you're gonna be the best mom. >> thank you. >> jimmy: and i know your husband, too. he's gonna be a great dad. >> thank you so much. >> jimmy: the last time you were here we were talking about your wedding. >> yes. >> jimmy: how'd it go? >> it was amazing, you know? we got through the ceremony, and the trees, and everything was beautiful and then it was like time to party. so, we had like the cliche college friends that were doing so many shots of patron. they grabbed our grandmother, who is 90 years old. she was like jamming to kanye. >> jimmy: oh, really? >> yeah, it was pretty wild. >> jimmy: that's super fun. that's great. i had a tiny, tiny wedding. >> that's nice. >> jimmy: it was just very small -- we just went to kamal's wedding over the weekend. that was giant. >> did he go off? >> jimmy: i did shots of patron. yeah, i did shots of patron

there. >> all about patron at the wedding. it really is. >> jimmy: i was dancing with the grandma to kanye. it's what happens. [ laughter ] >> it's not a wedding unless that happens. >> jimmy: exactly. that's awesome. glad it went well. >> thank you. >> jimmy: now, you're from jersey? >> i am. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: love jersey. >> lover jersey. >> jimmy: a lot of people are talking jersey now about the "housewives" and "jersey shore." that's what they think -- "jersey shore" is jersey. >> it gives jersey such a bad rap. and it's like, even the people that are on "jersey shore," they're not really from jersey, they're from new york. you know? [ cheers ] so it's like, come on. >> jimmy: snooki is from -- she's from poughkeepsie or something. >> something. >> jimmy: or, space, or something. [ laughter ] i don't know where snooki's from. i'm upset. do you like the show? >> i have fun watching it. it's definitely a guilty pleasure. i love watching sammi and ronnie. >> jimmy: what is the deal with them? >> i can't even believe it. when he goes back into bed with her after hooking up with all those girls, i'm like -- [ gasps ] i would kill him. >> jimmy: is that what people do now? they go to clubs and just make out with two people at the same time? >> i mean, i think so. we're like so far past that, we missed out on the good -- >> jimmy: oh -- i wouldn't even know what would happen to my life if that happened. >> i know. i know.

[ light laughter ] >> jimmy: i think i'd go blind or something. [ laughter ] i guess that was it. i don't know -- but that was weirdest thing. then he goes back with her. >> i know. >> jimmy: that's a crazy thing. do you -- it doesn't really represent. i mean, did you know people like that on the "jersey shore?" >> i actually, when i was like 16 years old, i went on a date with a guy named egidio. and -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: he goes by one name? >> egidio. >> jimmy: he had a pony tail? >> oh, full rat tail. >> jimmy: egidio. >> absolutely. cherry apple red iroc, okay? >> jimmy: no way. >> and he took me on a date to his dad's pizzeria. >> jimmy: that's fantastic. >> that was the hot, kind of, guido date. >> jimmy: i remember iroc was like -- people used to say iroc stands for italian rejects out cruising. >> there you go. [ laughter ] and that's pretty much was the dat was like. >> jimmy: they would get insulted. >> i know. >> jimmy: no, fist pumping. no, no. >> no fist pumping. >> jimmy: no, i'm not fist pumping on the show. not at all. >> you're so much cooler than that. >> jimmy: thank you so much, i appreciate. speaking of super cool, i'm excited about "resident evil." >> thank you. >> jimmy: because this is the first movie, besides "avatar"

that used those 3- d -- james cameron 3-d cameras. >> which a big deal because a lot of the movies i feel that have come out in the past year, they say they're 3-d, but they were tuned into 3-d after you shot it. we shot ours and we were the first film to get the cameras, and you have to be patient, i mean, when you're on the learning with these cameras, they break down, they over heat. i have this one long sequence with the executioner. so i go like head-to-head with the -- pouring rain, constantly breaking down. i mean, these cameras were like the divas on set. >> jimmy: really? >> but, it looks so cool. and that's why i'm really excited about this movie. >> jimmy: why are they breaking down? >> they're all brand new. >> jimmy: they shoot two film at once? >> absolutely. and so everyone on the set too has their glasses on and it's a whole other -- >> jimmy: real life is in 3-d. [ laughter ] mind blowing. that is so cool, man. that is unbelievable. [ scattered applause ] real life, that's insane. so, you wear the glasses to? >> to see play back. which i wild. when you finish the scene, you look up and your entire crew has 3-d glasses on. >> jimmy: i cannot wait to see it. we have a scene. this is you battling.

>> yes. and so, it's fun. we shot this with a phantom camera, so you can only shoot like 23 seconds at a time. but, it's what makes our film, i think, really exciting and the best 3-d since "avatar." >> jimmy: here we go. "resident evil: afterlife" in 3-d. ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ >> there it goes. right before i blow his balls off. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you are a bad ass. >> thank you. >> jimmy: you're a bad ass awesome mom. congratulations again. you look gorgeous. >> thank you so much. thank you. >> jimmy: ali larter, "resident evil: afterlife" 3-d is in theaters friday. mario batali joins us next. come on back. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at cheez-it, we expect a lot from our cheese... what do you call a cheese that isn't yours? i don't know. nacho cheese! [ laughs ] see, cuz' it's not your cheese but i said "nacho". [ clears throat ] la, la, la, la, la, can't hear you... la, la, la, la, can't hear you... okay... la, la, la, la, can't hear you!! ...that's when i decided to fully invest in my 401k. [ male announcer ] we take the time for our cheese to mature before we bake it into every delicious cracker. because at cheez-it, real cheese matters.

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♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome back, everybody. our next guest this evening is one of the world's great chefs and visionary business men as well as great friend of the show. please welcome mr. mario batali, everybody! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's what i'm talking about. my man, mario. mario "b." how does it feel it be sitting in the chair? >> you know, i'm not used to it, i've got to say. it feels good though. >> jimmy: usually we're out there cooking. >> right over there. >> jimmy: the sixth time you're on our show. >> six times, yeah. >> jimmy: we love having you -- >> and number two, i believe, to the animal dude. >> jimmy: that's right. >> i'm all right though. >> jimmy: he's currently in an institution, so that's good. dude, i got to say congrats on "eataly." >> thank you. >> jimmy: e-a-t-l-y. this is a -- people are moving

to new york because of this place. >> a lot of people came from a long ways just to take a look at a grocery story. >> jimmy: it is -- explain what it is. it's a grocery store but it's not. >> it's an italian grocery store within which are four different restaurants and a whole mess of ways to kind of taste food in support of the retail business. the idea is, we want you to come in. we want you to taste what we're making, but what we really want you to do is go home and cook. make italian. when you talk to your italian friends, the best mean they ever had was never at a restaurant, it was always at someone's house, whether is was grandmas house or aunties house. that's what we want people to do. >> jimmy: you have like these -- look at this -- inside the place. that's a crazy butcher right there. >> that's a macellaria. >> jimmy: look how clean everything looks. >> it's the first day, it's a little dirtier now, but not much. >> jimmy: okay good. my butcher doesn't look anything like that. look at this thing. what do you got breads here? >> bakery. panetteria. >> jimmy: -- what? >> paneteria. >> jimmy: panetteria. and then you got cheeses here. >> salumi formaggi. >> jimmy: and then here's you with the pasta ribbon cutting ceremony with mayor bloomberg right there. look at that, i love that the ribbon was made of pasta. >> can you see the arm of the

archbishop? >> jimmy: that is not the archbishop. >> that's the archbishop. >> jimmy: that's not his hand. >> that's him, that's him. >> jimmy: that's an impersonator. >> all right. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: dude, i'm freaking out about this place. i mean, higgins went. you went last week, right? >> steve: it was the greatest place on earth. >> jimmy: higgins loves pasta. >> steve: it tastes so fantastic. >> jimmy: people are freaking out. you just go up and i hear it's super fast. you go up, you go, "i'm gonna take that cheese," then you scoot over and you get some -- >> then you go over to the bread store, then you go over to the pasta store, you pick up some stuff. it's not that fast yet, but we're gonna get faster. >> jimmy: oh, i hear it was super fast. and then you have a wine place. >> a wine store as well. >> jimmy: and restaurants in the -- >> restaurants within. there's a vegetable, vegetarian restaurant in the vegetable area. a fish restaurant within the fish area. a meat restaurant behind the butcher counter and then pizza and pasta. >> jimmy: gosh. >> woo hoo! >> jimmy: save the best for last. >> the roof garden, which is a brewery run by sam calagione. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: come on. you have a beer garden on top of your grocery store? that's fantastic. >> it just seemed that we might get thirsty. >> jimmy: why doesn't everyone do that? >> well, i don't know, but we're doing it.

>> jimmy: i want to party there so bad. >> now, we didn't invent this, keep in mind, the original eataly is in torino. and this crazy guy oscar farinetti and these two guys, the -- brothers, really kind of brought me and joe bastianich to -- so, we're coping things but we're kind of tweaking them a little. >> jimmy: it's on 23rd and 5th. it's right by -- >> 200 5th avenue. >> jimmy: gosh. oh, my god. now, look at this magazine. what is this -- viaggio. >> viaggio. hold on, one lesson. hold on. [ talking over each other ] in english, you can say everything you need to say without ever opening your teeth. in italiano -- [ speaking italian ] you must open your mouth to say viaggio. >> jimmy: viaggio. >> there you go. [ applause ] suddenly you are twice as sexy as you all ready were which is incredibly sexy. >> jimmy: thank you. what does viaggio mean and what is it? >> it means voyage. this is an in-house magazine in support del posto, but all of our restaurants in the b&b hospitality group. and it's kind our response to

the whole world of electronic media and short attention spans. we want people to have something to hold. it's written and produced within our company by our staff with bob guccione jr. as our publisher. >> jimmy: penthouse? >> his son. >> jimmy: oh. >> spin here. >> jimmy: is there naked pictures in it? >> there's naked cheese all over the place. >> jimmy: look at this cheese. >> look at that prosciutto baby. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's what she said. >> that's right. >> jimmy: oh, my god. >> it's fun, you can take it away for free at our restaurants, or it's available at eataly for $1.50 starting next week. >> jimmy: and there's recipes in there too, as well. >> recipes, stories, our take on travel, our take on our favorite local american ingredients. the way we approach the italian style of life. >> jimmy: when we come back, if you don't mind, we're gonna cook a little bit together. >> i hope so. >> jimmy: a little carbonara. >> that's what i do. [ with italian accent ] >> jimmy: carbonara. >> carbonara. which means, in the style of the coal dudes wife. >> jimmy: excuse me? >> the guy who ships the coal around. >> jimmy: yes. >> it's his wife that makes it, because of the flecks of black pepper. it's like imagining her hair, or their kitchen, or their house. >> jimmy: is that what that means? >> yeah. >> jimmy: you learn something new every day. when we come back, mario batali

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♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hey, everybody, we are back with the great mario batali. and we will be cooking some spaghetti ala carbonara. [ with italian accent ] >> ala carbonara. [ rolls tounge ] [ laughter ] >> jimmy: now this cookbook here

is the celebrity pasta lovers cookbook. it's for share the table. and if you go to sharethetable.com you'll find out that this thing's about. you want to tell me what this is all out? >> this is something that barilla puts up in support of creating an environment for people to actually eat at home. and the celebrity pasta lovers cookbook is a download that you can do for free, that every time you do it they will donate one dollar per download to meals on wheels. >> jimmy: how cool is that? >> it's a great thing. >> jimmy: that's awesome that they do that. [ applause ] >> now, you are one of the celebrities, of course. this is the dish you submitted. >> jimmy: yeah. >> and i'm just hoping i can make it just as well as you do. you captured it. >> jimmy: you're the -- dude. so, what do we got in there right now? [ talking over each other ] chef, what is in here right now? >> jimmy: that is uh -- >> right, guanciale, exactly what you were thinking. >> jimmy: guanciale. >> guanciale is the bacon made from the jowl of the pig. >> jimmy: now it's also pancetta to, yeah? >> yes, pancetta or even american bacon would be just fine. all right. so i render it, nice and big chunks. >> jimmy: this is one of my favorite things to eat.

i love it. >> exactly, that's why you submitted this recipe. >> jimmy: i know, i do. >> so you cook it a little bit until it renders, then you put in some pasta water, then you take eggs. what i'd like you to do is grate some cheese for me. i have both parmigiano reggiano and pecorino romano. >> jimmy: yeah, it's already grated though. >> well i need more though, brother, 'cause we feeding the fans. >> jimmy: i could save you a lot of time buddy. >> all right, and what i'm gonna do is i'm gonna separate some eggs whites from the egg yokes. >> jimmy: yeah, it's very egg-y and cheesy, this is not good your heart. >> it's definitely good for your heart as long as you understand portion control my friend. americans love to eat pasta in the one pound package as a personal portion, it's in fact enough to feed five people. you got to be careful. just eat a little bit and enjoy it. >> jimmy: this is a micrograin. >> a microplane, but a grains gonna work for us. a mircograin would be a small piece of wheat -- exactly. >> jimmy: that's what i'm talking about. >> you were thinking about it exactly the right way. >> jimmy: i was pointing at the pasta's micrograin. >> so the trick --

[ audience ohs ] dude, didn't we do this on some viral web thing once? >> jimmy: i really did cut myself. [ audience ohs ] >> just put it back on. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's not cheese. that's not cheese. they're perfect there. >> there you go. you take this. >> jimmy: yeah, hide the blood. yeah, there we go. [ light laughter ] >> so, i've got the egg yokes and the egg whites separated. i've got the pasta cooking. [ laughter ] [ sad tuba ] is he gonna make it? >> jimmy: i'm getting light headed mario. >> are you gonna make it jimmy? are you gonna make it? [ applause ] come on back, the pastas almost ready, you're gonna make it. >> jimmy: okay, good. oh, you weren't using the macroplane. >> so no, here's the trick. >> jimmy: thanks higg-bone. appreciate it. thanks buddy. [ cheers and applause ] all right, so you put the pasta in there. >> well the trick it, you cook the pasta a little bit less than the package instructions might suggests. if it says 6 minutes, i like to do it for 5, because what i want to do is a little bit of the condiment mixed in with the pasta. then i'm gonna take some of the pasta water and i'm gonna mix it with those whites and you're gonna give me some of th